Beverly Naya


Beverly Naya is a British-born Nigerian actress. She won Most Promising Talent at the 2010 [Best of Nollywood Awards]. She also won the award for Fast Rising Actress at the 2011 City People Entertainment Awards.

Early life

Naya was born in London as the only child of her Nigerian parents. At 17, Naya began acting while studying philosophy, psychology and sociology at Brunel University. She also studied script-writing and film-making at Roehampton University. In an interview with BellaNaija, she explained that she relocated to Nigeria because of the rapid growth of Nollywood, and the opportunities that it creates for aspiring actors. In another interview, Naya cited Ramsey Nouah and Genevieve Nnaji as mentors.

Career

Naya began acting at the age of 17 and studied film-making at Roehampton University, London. In the year 2011, Naya was named the "fastest rising actress" in the City People Entertainment Awards in Nigeria, when asked why she returned to Nigeria by Encomium Magazine she said:
After I graduated from university, I just knew that I wanted to act, I knew I wanted to act, and in London I could shoot a film probably once in a year and that's it. Whereas coming to this industry, I can build a brand as well as shoot films more often and be given a more diverse amount of scripts. So, I decided to come back for that reason.

Awards and nominations

YearEventPrizeWorkResult
20102010 Best of Nollywood AwardsMost Promising TalentWon
2011City People Entertainment AwardsFast Rising ActressWon
2014ELOY AwardsTV Actress of the YearTinselNomitated
2016AMVCABest Supporting ActressNomitated
2018Toronto International Film FestivalBest ActressDemon InsideWon
2018Forbes 30 under 30 AfricaBest Actress and EntrepreneurWon
2020Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Best DocumentarySkinWon